Cooking bag with integrated features
OwnerSteven M. Swayne, Brendan McGinnis +2inventors
InventorsSteven M. Swayne, Brendan McGinnis, Andrew Worley, Stephanie Phillips
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Abstract
There is provided a cooking bag having one or more integrated features for assisting in cooking a food item via sous vide or other convectional cooking methods. One such feature is an interior bag wall that separates its interior volume into first and second compartments, one for a food item to be cooked and the other for a solid seasoning item. The interior bag wall includes a liquid permeable portion that allows liquid to pass between the first and second compartments but inhibits the passage of solids. Another feature is a thermometer integrated into the bag for indicating whether a food item has reached a predetermined threshold temperature during cooking.
Claims19
A cooking bag, comprising:
- a plurality of bag walls defining an interior volume of the bag and a bag opening;
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- an interior bag wall that divides the interior volume into a first compartment and a second compartment;
- at least a portion of the interior bag wall being liquid permeable while preventing passage of solids having a mean diameter greater than 1 mm such that liquid can pass between the first compartment and the second compartment through the interior bag wall, the second compartment containing a solid seasoning item for seasoning a food item being cooked or to be cooked in the first compartment.
A cooking bag comprising:
- a plurality of bag walls defining an interior volume and a bag opening;
- a first bag wall of the plurality of bag walls comprising a thermometer hermetically sealed in a hole therein, the thermometer comprising a body having a piercing portion disposed within said interior volume, a temperature effector disposed within said body adjacent or within said piercing portion, or thermally communicating with the piercing portion, and a temperature indicator disposed outside said bag, wherein the temperature effector and temperature indicator are coupled together such that upon the temperature effector being heated to a predetermined threshold temperature, the temperature indicator provides an indication that the predetermined threshold temperature has been reached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.